The Breaking Wheel

Memento Mori

Memento Mori blends the crudeness of early surgery with the prevailing 21st century vision of a body enhanced by data, …

There’s a lot about ATOM-r’s Operature that makes me uncomfortable. It helps to shine a light on things.

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About

Who we are

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About

About

ATOM-R is a provisional collective exploring forensics, anatomy, and 21st century embodiment through performance, language and emerging technologies. Participants include Mark Jeffery (choreography) and Judd Morrissey (technology and dramaturgical systems) merge digital literary practices and performance, both of whom were members of Goat Island performance group. A given piece may have no singular fixed form but is alternately or simultaneously presented as internet art, duration live installation or a performance of fixed length. The work is performed by Justin Deschamps, Sam Hertz, Christopher Knowlton, and Blake Russell.

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Partners

Partners

ATOM-r is partially supported by a grant from the Chicago Dancemakers Forum and commissioning support from the European research group ELMCIP (Electronic Literature as a Model for Creativity and Innovation in Practice) in collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art and New Media Scotland. The piece has also been supported by The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, York St John University and Being|Human Festival Arts and Humanities Festival London and also supported by the Department of English at King’s College London and by the King’s Cultural Institute Creative Futures initiative. The work has also been supported by artist’s workshops at Dance4, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, York St John University, Department of English at King’s College London and the English Department at the University of Sussex. The work is also supported by the National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago with the collective being artists in residence at the Museum.